Foundation garment



June 16, 1942. M. KAHN 2,286,186

FOUNDATION GARMENT Filed July 12, 1941 INVENTOR Maw fiiwm ATTORNEYS Patented June 16, 1942 UNITED STATES, PATENT OFFICE FOUNDATION GARMENT Mack Kahn, Cedarhurst, N. Y., assignor to Artistic Foundations, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application July12, 1941, Serial No. 402,078

2 Claims.

employing a rear panel which over-lies the seat.

of the wearer and which is made of material which stretches up and down butnot across, the rear panel being connected to side panels which stretch crosswise, and, in some instances, also up and down; In actual practice it has been customary to make the rear panel of woven material in which the vertical strands are made of rubber wound with yarn. The side panels have usually been made of similar material with the rubber threads extending horizontally, or both horizontally and vertically. foundation garments possess proven advantages,

Although such the use of so much rubber thread wound with yarn makes the garments relatively thick as well as expensive.

I have found that a foundation garment which has excellent figure molding characteristics, which lies flat against the seat, which holds its position on the figure, and which isexceptionally comfortable, can be made by constructing the rear panel mainly-of non-elastic material joined to a relatively small section of material which is elastic in an up and down direction. Most specifically, I have found that the desired advantages can be obtained by providing a non-elastic section over-lying the seat of the wearer and by connecting a relatively small, vertically elastic section to the top of the first-mentioned section. In

' its preferred form, the rear panel of my garment includes a third section connected to the top of the second section and being elastic cross- \vise of the-wearer. A

Other features, objects and advantages of my invention will become apparent or will be pointed out in connection with the following detailed description of one preferred form of foundation garment embodying my invention, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing wherein: Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the front and right side of the garment as 'worn' on the figur Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same garment; and

Fig. 3 is a side view of the same garment.

The foundation garment illustrated in the drawing includes a front panel 5 made of any suitable non-elastic material. A triangular gusj set 6 which is elastic across the wearer is sewed into the front panel as shown- Brassiere pockets 1 and 8 are sewed to the panel 5, and the usual shoulder straps 9 and garter straps Ill are provided.

A pair of similar side to the front panel 5. In order to allow the gar- -ment to be put on easily .a zipper I2 is inserted between the panels 5 and H atom side of the garment. "Each of the panels H is preferably made of woven material having elastic strands.

extending generally the double arrows.

vertically, The panels I along edges l3 which are H of non-elastic material.

horizontally as indicated by I preferably terminate he front edges of panels it are connected to the front panel 5 and I to the brassire pockets 1 and 8.

To the rear edges of .the side panels II and is there is sewed'a rear panel l5 which includes a section It adapted to over-lie the seat of the wearer, the lower edge of this section lying below the buttocks. This section is made of nomelastic material, preferably a thin yet firm woven fabric. The side edges of this section are preferably curvedso that its widestpart liesabout in the middle. The upper edge ll preferably curves downwardly from either side toward the center of the back.

Secured to the upper edge ll of the section It is a section l8, the side edges of which are sewed to the adjacent edges .of the panels I4. This section l8,.which is preferably made of woven fabric, is elastic vertically, but non-elastic horizontally. It possesses sufficient elasticity so that it permits the section l5 to retain its proper position when the wearer sits down. The proper amount of stretch can be determined from meas-' urements of the figure standing and seated.

In the garment illustrated the edge l1 lies a littleabove the hips of the wearer and the section l8 lies above the edge l1 at the small of the back. The invention in its broader aspects isnot, however, limited to this location of the section l8.

Connected to the upper edge IQ of the section I8 is a section zll-made of material which is elas tic horizontally, but non-elastic vertically. The side edges of this section are sewed to the adjacent edges of the side panels l4. By combining this horizontally elastic panel with the vertically elastic panel l8, and with the non-elastic panels II are connected These panels are non-elastic connected to side panels 7 panels I, a good up-lift is 'obtaineda'nd at the same time easy breathing is permitted.

Although my invention has been described in connection with the particular embodiment shown, it will be understood that it may be incorporated in garments which do not include a brassiere portion.

The terms and expressions which have been employed are used as terms of description and not of limitation, and there is no intention, in the use of such terms and expressions, of excluding any equivalents of the features shown and described, or portions thereof, but it is recognized that various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention claimed.

What I claim is:

1. A combination foundation garment oi the character described composed of a front panel, a rear panel, and two side panels connected between the opposite edges of the front and rear panels, the front panel including brassire portions, the side panels including portions at the sides of the hips which are elastic horizontally but not vertically and inelastic portions connected to the brassiere portions, and the rear panel including three generally rectangular sections arranged one above the other and having their adjacent edges secured together, the bottom section being composed entirely of inelastic material and extending from a lower edge below the buttocks to an upper edge lying approximately at the waistline, the middle section being composed of verticall elastic horizontally inelastic material, and the .top section being composed of horizontally elastic vertically inelastic material.

2. In a garment of thecharacter described includingside panels. which are elastic horizontally at the hips, a rear panel the side edges of which are co-extensive with and joined to the side panels, said rear panel consisting of three generally rectangular sections arranged one above the other and having their adjacent edges secured together, the bottom section being composed entirely of-inelastic material and extending from the lower edge 0! the garment to approximately the waistline, the middle section being composed of material which is vertically elastic and horizontally inelastic, and the top section being composed of material which is horizontally elastic and vertically inelastic, whereby the upward pull on the middle section is partially relieved by the stretching of the top section so that the stretching of the middle section is facilitated when the wearer bends forward.

MACK 'KAHN. 

